History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Front De Libération Du Québec, Pierre Vallières, Montreal Exchange
19 Jul 2012
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Lecture 18 part 3 pierre elliott trudeau and the appearance of french. Canadian radicals: strong-willed prime minister who pushed for a strong central government and national unity, one of the young intellectuals, studied abroad in us, france and. England: was a lawyer, law professor, editor of a journal and joined the federal. Trudeau becomes the minister of justice in 1967. Caught the spotlight by liberalizing many laws: wins a strong majority government in 1968. Right man for the right time, understood the time (hippies, Appealed to young and old at the same time, bridged the generation gap. Sex appeal, similar to john f. kennedy. Individualist: committed to protecting individual rights, not group rights. Official languages act, 1969: declared that both french and english were official languages in. Canada: everything in canada has to be bilingual. All government employees sent to french schools to become bilingual. First decisive move on trudeau"s part to deal with quebec.
